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True Blessing

John 16: 7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away.  Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Today has been a day of loneliness for me.  I don't always understand why those days come and go.  I take comfort  in this verse from Jesus.  Why is it that even though I live close to God and am doing His will in my life, I still have days of loneliness?  I need to think about what I know.  I believe that sometimes God is silent.  I believe that sometimes He sits in quiet to allow us the opportunity to look for ourselves at our journey to gain wisdom.  Just as I spend quiet time with God where I don't say anything, He does the same with me.  He just wants to be with me, like I want to be with Him.   For some reason, those are days when I want to fill the silence, especially in times like now with the news of Mom.  I don't want God to be silent.  I want Him to speak continually to me about anything and everything.  When I sit in silence, I am forced to think about my personal journey and I don't get to dwell on the situation at hand.  I have to look my own journey in the face and see where God is challenging me.  My current challenge is to not allow Satan to fill my head with lies during God's quiet time.  I need to allow my mind to think only on my journey with Jesus and not let the lies sneak in.  If only I could rest in God's quiet with me as I do when I am quiet with Him.  What would that be like?   My learning...what I've been feeling as loneliness is actually God spending quiet time with me.  Ah, true blessing!

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